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Magic's Pawn

Lackey, Mercedes
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fantasy urban fantasy / high fantasy past tense third limited POV ~480 pp high worldbuilding
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

melancholic angst solemn

A dark fantasy. Expect rich worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Deeply introspective. Contains notable violence, romance, sexual content.

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Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 20
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 85
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 90
externalintrospective
Ending 30
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 80
intimateepic

Content

Violence 80%
noneextreme
Sexual content 60%
noneexplicit
Humor 10%
seriouscomedic
Romance 90%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count120,101
Page count~480 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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